shanibarer haat

[mamukher]

Jaiguru Jaiguru!!!

[glorplaxy]

so nice. i want a khamak and a dotara. hopefully i will visit bengal soon and get some

[thpeter]

only by watching your videos! Who are these musicians?

[diptanshu]

this guy is called gour baul.

[thpeter]

I really like these videos you are posting. I like the sound of the doh-tara. Indian folk music rocks!

[diptanshu]

where are u from? i love indian folk too!

[thpeter]

I'm from the United States... the state of Iowa.

[diptanshu]

how did u get to know about indian folk sitting so far away from bengal?

[sumncc]

This is bengal baul song(bangladesh & west bengal indian folk song).

[billkilpatrick]

impossible to help with the name but he's great! what's the string instrument called?

[diptanshu]

its called a doh-tara. 2 stringed instrument if u translate it.

[duppyconquerour]

are you talking about the khammak - the drum with the string?

[sumncc]

ek-tara( oek -one, tara- string), bengali instrument most commonly used for baul songs. Th singer is holding do-tara(two string) but they often helds four strings.